"Earlier this year I had one of those 4am ideas: how easy would it be to get the text of Pride and Prejudice (which, like most out-of-copyright works, is available in multiple places online) and just change all the genders round? It turned out that it was quite easy in one sense – especially with the help of regender.com – but quite difficult to do thoroughly. It was, however, enormously enjoyable, a bit like like doing a giant crossword.
My aim was to change as little as possible: this wasn’t fan fiction or creative writing of any kind, but almost a mathematical transformation of the original text. however, questions kept presenting themselves. Should I change just the genders of the characters, for example, or the genders of everyone referenced? I decided to change everything, as it was more fun that way; hence St Paul’s Cathedral, for example, becomes St Paula’s, and any reference to God becomes a reference to the Goddess."